anyway the major freebsd install showstopper is this -> MSI CB54G which doesnt have a freebsd compatible driver as of now... the device however works fine with windows and its pretty much a bang for the buck at a price of P2,900.00 at PC-OUTLET Glorietta... sad, because i still can do dialup using an old pcmcia modem from the old HP omnibook which works great with freebsd 4.x series before... going full freebsd on the degatto would mean not being able to use the wlan card, hence the decision to use windows 2003 trial version instead...

windows services for unix brings the shell tcsh, vi and perl so am half happy with this box right now...